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Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Cody Adams, right, fires a messenger line to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7).
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ARABIAN GULF (Dec. 21, 2011) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Cody Adams, right, fires a messenger line to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) during a replenishment at sea aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate) File# 111221-N-OY799-077
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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